Greetings,
We are looking at getting some netbooks or possible even some tablets that would allow us a little more portability on our tessitura access on campus. Has anyone had any success with either of these, and if so, what models did you use?
Alan,
How do you deal with VPN on the surface Pro? We are thinking of getting a few to use for offsite ticketing events but I don’t see any Cisco VPN software available for it. I know the IPAD has the native Cisco VPN client but I need a tablet with mouse capability.
Thanks,
Al Poulus
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From: Tessitura Technical Forum [mailto:forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Alan Levine Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:10 PM To: Al Poulus Subject: RE: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Netbooks and Tablets
Dave, yes, essentially, the Surface Pro tablets behave just like any other Windows 8 desktop PC on our network. They are domain members, and we install the Tessitura client directly as we would on any PC. As you point out, another option would be through RDP or other terminal server.
There are a few challenges for us in making Windows 8 behave well in our domain, having to do with group policies and management. But most of those issues seem to be addressed in the forthcoming Windows 8.1. And for now, Tessitura runs fine on them. It gives us a nice, native, mobile capability for Tessitura.
Alan
From: David Vivino <bounce-davidvivino4732@tessituranetwork.com> Sent: 10/17/2013 2:42:36 PM
Beth, Alan – Interesting! So, you have the Tessitura client on the Surface? And they are domain members? I know they also do remote desktop well. This tablet may be the only game in town in this case!!
…Dave
From: Tessitura Technical Forum [mailto:forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Beth Gilliland Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:58 PM To: Vivino, David Subject: RE: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Netbooks and Tablets
We are also testing out a Surface Pro here at UMS running Windows 8 and Tessitura successfully. We have not yet broached the subject of ticket printing, however - but in general the Surface seems promising (particularly in our University/Active Directory environment...)
Beth
From: Levi Sauerbrei <bounce-levisauerbrei7046@tessituranetwork.com> Sent: 10/14/2013 1:50:42 PM
Hi Joshua,
If you are running a locally hosted instance of Tessitura, my suggestion would be to explore some options with Remote Desktop to the user's machine. There is no way to install the Tessitura client onto a tablet (perhaps with Windows 8, but I haven't seen any success stories out there).
In my opinion, netbooks are not worth even the low pricetag they come with. They are dangerously underpowered and I think your users will try to use them like a regular laptop and quickly become frustrated.
My personal preference is one that I don't think a lot of people have advocated yet. I have a Chromebook and I'm using the Chrome Remote Desktop extension. It requires that the user have a Google account and that Chrome (with the plugin) be installed on the host machine. But it uses 2 factor authentication and I've had great success with it as a laptop I carry during my on-call weeks.
New Chromebooks can be had for less than $300 and they are solid, secure, lightweight machines with excellent battery life.
Hope that helps!
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